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Please note this page is out of date and will be updated for 7.3 which uses an alternative mechanism to download applets to the Squeezebox Controller.

This page hosts SqueezeboxController and SqueezePlay Applets (Extras) written by the community.

You may download and install these on your Squeezebox Controller to add extra capabilities or fun additions such as games. You can also read a guide to developing new applets.

Installing Applets

Download the Applets attached to this page to your Plugins folder. These are SqueezeCenter plugin(s) which should be unziped, so they create a folder inside the Plugins folder on your SqueezeCenter server machine. After doing this restart SqueezeCenter.

On the remote navigate to: Settings - Advanced - Applet Installer. In this menu you should see each of the applets which SqueezeCenter has installed together with its version (if the display shows x) or the current version installed and latest version on SqueezeCenter (if the display shows [x>y]). Select which applets you wish to install on the remote and then select Install. This will cause the applets to be downloaded, and the remote to be restarted. Once restarted the new applets should be available, normally under the Extras menu.

Manual installation

If you want to install an applet manually you can do the following: - enable ssh access on the SBC

- download WinSCP or some other SCP client

- connect to the SCP and login as root with the password it gave you when you enabled ssh

- extract the zip file for the applet on your PC

- look in the extracted files and you will find another zip file

- extract that zip file

- use SCP to copy the folders from the second zip file into /usr/share/jive/applets on the SBC

- restart the SBC

- go to Extras to see the Applet

Source: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47798

Applets

The following are brief descriptions of the applets attached to this page:

(note: links below have been restored)

RetroBrowser: an applet for displaying the traditional squeezebox player display on the remote. This is useful if you wish to navigate through the old menu structure from the remote, e.g. if you have server plugins installed which do not support the jive remote. Author: Triode

Invaders: a Space Invaders game for the SqueezeboxController. Author: Rafael

Snake: a Snake game for the SqueezeboxController. Author: Lukas Frey

Lyrics: Show lyrics on Squeezebox Controller display. Author: Les Smithson (minor update by Ben Klaas to conform to new SqueezePlay main menu API)

Tetris: a Tetris game for the SqueezeboxController.

Gravity: a Gravity game for the SqueezeboxController.

MyHome: a plugin that allows you to control an Innovus home automation system from the SqueezeboxController. Author: Thomas Houlberg

Wake-on-LAN: a utility to power up NAS systems, Mediacenters, server, etc. using Wake-on-LAN from the SqueezeboxController. Author: Thomas Houlberg

B&O Remote controle: a simple implementation of the B&O A9 key-ring. Allows you to turn on and off B&O audio, video and light from the SqueezeboxController. Author: Thomas Houlberg